I haven’t written in a while. Not because I don’t want to write; not because I haven’t tried to write; and not even because I have nothing to say. I haven’t written because the words can’t seem to funnel out of my head, through my fingers and onto the page! It is discouraging!
I chalked it up to writers block or perhaps, just being unfocused. Then today in one fell-swoop Jenn hit the nail on the head when she said ‘Can you just say ONE positive thing!’
It’s true I’ve been on the negative bandwagon for the last week or so!
Many years ago I remember reading that humans only use 10% of their brain power. I have since learned that this isn’t true but the fact remains that the human mind is a wonderful and amazing thing. I often wonder where my feelings and thoughts; my experience of negative or positive emotions; or my encouraging or discouraging interactions with others come from. It seems to me that there are times when my brain acts on it’s own to flip a switch from positive to negative in a matter of seconds.
But if we do not control our thoughts, who does? If we are not masters of our emotions, who is? If we cannot choose our words carefully, then who can?
Can you really just put a happy face on it? Yes You Can!
I find for me that there are two huge factors that get in the way of my positive! They are:
1 Obsessing about the past
Life’s full of woulda, coulda, shoulda moments….let them go and focus on what you can change today!
2 Dwelling on the future
Yep, stuffs gonna happen! If you can control it or fix it get on it….if not worrying ain’t going to fix it!
It’s hard to do things in the past or the future. Go ahead and try it. (I’ll wait)
You can not change what you wore in 1980? You can not plan for everything that might happen in the future (you can plan for some things but not everything) If you find that you’re caught up in wishing you could change the past or worrying about the future, STOP IT!
Tell your thoughts you’ll get back to them later. And go do something that makes you feel good. Do something positive for someone else.
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